IAS 19 — Discount rate

Background

A project to clarify the determination of the discount rate used when applying IAS 19 Employee Benefits, particularly around the requirement to use market yields on high quality corporate bonds or government bonds.

 

Current status of the project

The IASB decided at its 2013 December meeting that "no further work is currently planned on the issue of determining the discount rate for post-employment benefit obligations".

 

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